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<p>ECREA Summer School 2017: Call for Participants<br>
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We are happy to invite you to participate in the ECREA European
Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School 2017 that will take
place at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy, from
July 24 to August 4, 2016 (12 days).<br>
<br>
THE FOCUS<br>
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The ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School
2017 brings together members of the European research community to
this summer school in order to debate contemporary issues in
media, communication and cultural studies. The main emphasis of
this summer school is not on a particular theme, but on providing
structural and individuated PhD- support for young European
scholars, through a variety of working forms, including feedback
seminars, workshops, and lectures. The summer school aims to
provide a supportive international setting where doctoral students
can present their ongoing work, receive feedback on their PhD-
projects from international experts and meet students and
academics from other countries, establishing valuable contacts for
the future.<br>
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International director: Nico Carpentier<br>
Programme director: Fausto Colombo<br>
Summer School coordinators: Simone Tosoni, Maria Francesca Murru,
Laura Peja<br>
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HOW TO APPLY<br>
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There are two options to attend the Summer School:<br>
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For students who have been selected by the members of the Summer
School consortium
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ecreasummerschool.org/institutional-coordinators.html">http://ecreasummerschool.org/institutional-coordinators.html</a>),
the summer school will provide:<br>
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-accommodation for the whole duration of the summer school,
including breakfast<br>
-welcome and farewell dinner<br>
-WiFi access at the summer school venue<br>
-summer school materials (including 2 books)<br>
-coffee during the breaks<br>
-lunch from Mondays to Fridays<br>
-partial reimbursement of travel expenses (between 0 and 1999 KM:
maximum 275 EUR per participant; 2000 and more KM: maximum 360 EUR
per participant)<br>
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Payment of a registration fee of 560 Euros is required for
consortium participants.<br>
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For all the other students, the summer school will provide:<br>
-accommodation for the whole duration of the summer
school, including breakfast<br>
-welcome and farewell dinner<br>
-WiFi at the summer school venue<br>
-summer school materials (including 2 books)<br>
-coffee in the breaks<br>
-lunch from Mondays to Fridays<br>
<br>
Payment of a registration fee of 660 Euros is required for
non-consortium participants.<br>
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The total number of students will be limited to 44, half of them
selected by the consortium members.<br>
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The working language of the summer school will be English;
therefore, a sufficient understanding and ability to express
oneself in this language is required.<br>
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CREDITS<br>
<br>
The Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Faculty of Political and
Social Sciences) acknowledges the Summer School activities with 10
ECTS for the participation in the full programme (including the
supplementary activities). Furthermore, six of the best students’
presentations and all abstracts of student projects will be
published in the Summer School Book.<br>
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DEADLINES<br>
<br>
The deadline for applications for the summer school is April 1,
2017.<br>
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Applicants from consortium universities and from affiliated
partners of the summer school must have their application approved
by their institutional coordinators before submitting their
application to the summer school. Also the applications from
consortium university applicants must be received by the summer
school before April 1, 2017.<br>
<br>
All applicants will be informed about the selection of
participants before the end of April.<br>
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ECREA GRANTS<br>
<br>
ECREA will be awarding two grants for participation at the Summer
School. More information on the grants will be available at the
ECREA website (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ecrea.eu">http://www.ecrea.eu</a>) after 20 February 2017. This
grant programme will be managed by ECREA and not by the summer
school organisers.<br>
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Apply for the Summer School<br>
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APPLICATION PROCEDURE<br>
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Stage One<br>
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When applying, each interested student is expected to fill out the
application form on the Summer School website. Prior registration
on the website is necessary
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ecreasummerschool.org/registration.html">http://ecreasummerschool.org/registration.html</a>). Uncompleted
applications will not be eligible for the selection process.
Applications can only be submitted via this website.<br>
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The application form includes:<br>
1. a 400 words abstract of the PhD project<br>
2. a time table of the PhD project, indicating the present status
of the project<br>
3. a short CV according to the provided forms.<br>
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The deadline for submitting the application is April 1, 2017,
23:59 hours (UTC +1). Notifications of acceptance will be sent
before the end of April.<br>
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Stage Two<br>
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In second phase, students whose abstracts are accepted will be
expected to fulfil the following requirements:<br>
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1. To write 10-page (3000 words) paper on their PhD project as a
whole and to upload it on the website. The 10-page paper should be
a report of the student’s ongoing doctoral research and not a
conventional conference paper or a report of findings. Rather, it
is expected that the student will briefly present the focus of the
research and then take up aspects of the research process:
methodology, theory and practical issues on which he/she would
like to receive feedback (deadline: May 28).<br>
2. To write a set of questions (maximum 1 page) with questions or
problems that students would like to be discussed during the
workshops. This one page needs to be part of the same Word/PDF
file that also contains the 10-page paper (deadline: May 28).<br>
3. Based on the abstracts and titles of other student papers,
everyone is expected to choose up to 3 papers they would be
interested in being a respondent (deadline: June 15; further
details will be provided after selection).<br>
4. Additional registration at the Università Cattolica website and
payment of the registration fee (deadline: 1 June; further details
will be provided after selection).<br>
5. At the start of the Summer School, students have to have a
10-minute seminar presentation ready, covering the main points of
their work. Each student is also expected to actively participate
in the discussions of their own and other people’s work. In order
to ensure maximum benefits of the seminars, everyone will have to
read all other participants' papers before the Summer School
begins.<br>
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SELECTION PROCESS AND CRITERIA<br>
<br>
In respect of the selection of doctoral students from consortium
universities, each one has appointed a summer school coordinator
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ecreasummerschool.org/institutional">http://ecreasummerschool.org/institutional</a>- coordinators.html).
The summer school coordinators are responsible for promoting the
summer school within the consortium partner institution and to
other academic institutions in their country. Consortium partner
universities and departments are well-established and of best
reputation in the field of media and communication, and have
leading scholars in their faculties (see a list of previous
lecturers <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ecreasummerschool.org/past-lecturers.html">http://ecreasummerschool.org/past-lecturers.html</a>). All
participating institutions of the summer school have experience in
local, national and international cooperation. The departments
have institutional contacts with higher education institutions
within their own country and abroad, and well-established doctoral
programmes. The consortium partner institutions and their summer
school coordinators are fully autonomous in selecting their PhD
student(s).<br>
<br>
The selection of doctoral students from other institutions are
based on a review process organised by the executive committee of
the summer school. This process is open to all PhD students
(including students from the consortium universities not selected
by their institutional coordinators). As already specified, each
candidate has to submit electronically a) a 400-words proposal of
his/her PhD project, b) a time table of the PhD project,
indicating the present status of the project, and c) a CV (work
and study history). This application will be subjected to a double
blind peer review, coordinated by the summer school local
organisers. Based on this review, the executive committee of the
summer school will select the participants.<br>
<br>
For both pathways, the selection criteria are identical:<br>
• quality of the PhD project, assessed in relation to its i)
theoretical approach, ii) methodological standards and iii)
potential for innovation;<br>
• the progression of the PhD project (projects in a “middle phase”
are strongly preferred);<br>
<br>
• the relevance of the aims and objectives of the PhD project
within communication and media studies.<br>
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CONTACTS<br>
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For accommodation, logistic and financial issues:
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:elisa.ballerini@unicatt.it">elisa.ballerini@unicatt.it</a><br>
For issues related to the programme: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:laura.peja@unicatt.it">laura.peja@unicatt.it</a><br>
For issues related to the website: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:simone.tosoni@unicatt.it">simone.tosoni@unicatt.it</a><br>
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